Encounters between sharks and people in the state. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. When asked by a senator whether he had contact with the russians in any way, shape or form, he said no period. So obviously that turns out not to be accurate. Jeff sessions failed to disclose contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Democrats are intensifying their calls for sessions to recuse himself from any investigation or even to step down. If there is something there and it goes up the chain of investigation, it is clear to me that Jeff Sessions who is my dear friend, cannot make this decision about trump. Historic day on wall street. The dow broke another record. Make it rain, dow, 21,000. The president of the academy announced the two accountants responsible for the mixup will never work on the oscars again. It happened so suddenly. You could hear it. Parts of the midwest and the south are cleaning up after a spate of tornadoes. A wild scene thro
Like 34 in reading and only 22. But winds continue to die down , tonight, and we do have a elevated fire risk still to tell but through remainder of tonight thanks to the strong gusty winds. Very low relative humidity, lots of dry air in place, so be careful with any sort of opened flame out there, wild fires can spread quickly, if you are thinking of heading out in the cold, grilling tonight and always, repeat this, never throw a cigarette butt out a opened car window especially with conditions like these. What to to the rest of tonight cold wind chills. Breezy and cold overnight. Below average day tomorrow. We will time out snow showers as well. Now back to you at the desk. Well, job growth, economy and federal fund were issues mayor jim kenney addressed presenting his Budget Proposal to Philadelphia City council to day. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos was there for mayor s address and joins us from city hall with some of the plans, greg. Reporter ukee, good afternoon. Mayor anno
Like 34 in reading and only 22. But winds continue to die down , tonight, and we do have a elevated fire risk still to tell but through remainder of tonight thanks to the strong gusty winds. Very low relative humidity, lots of dry air in place, so be careful with any sort of opened flame out there, wild fires can spread quickly, if you are thinking of heading out in the cold, grilling tonight and always, repeat this, never throw a cigarette butt out a opened car window especially with conditions like these. What to to the rest of tonight cold wind chills. Breezy and cold overnight. Below average day tomorrow. We will time out snow showers as well. Now back to you at the desk. Well, job growth, economy and federal fund were issues mayor jim kenney addressed presenting his Budget Proposal to Philadelphia City council to day. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos was there for mayor s address and joins us from city hall with some of the plans, greg. Reporter ukee, good afternoon. Mayor anno
Including an electromagnetic launch system. Here tested with a dead weight. To replace the traditional Steam Powered catapult. Not only price went through the roof. The schedule became terrible. Because, because there were so many new technologies. And, it was so unproven. Reporter the ford is expected to cost just under 13 billion. Thats not counting the aircraft it will carry. Including the f35 joint strike fighter, which will cost the navy close to 100 million a copy. Under the current schedule, the ford will not be ready for combat until 2021. Which means, donald trump will have to get elected to a second term, before he can send it into action. Scott . David martin at the pentagon. Thank you. The vaticans commitment to protecting children from abuse by priests is being questioned tonight by an abuse victim who was appointed by the pope to help end exploitation. She quit at the start of lent, a period of soulsearching for catholics. Here is seth doane. I thought for myself, there i
Not be considered false under the law. Now that sessions has recused himself, what does that mean to the continuing investigation . Well, i mean democrats are saying sessions recusal is not enough. A little late. Since he has been in office for three weeks. And theyre calling for a special prosecutor. Now, a spokesperson for sessions says he will not be involved in the discussions. Which means it will fall to the acting Deputy Attorney general, dana bente nominated by president obama to decide to whether a special prosecutor should take over the investigation. Remember, sessions choice for deputy has not been confirmed by the senate. Scott, you are also seeing some calls for independent, 9 11style commission to investigate any wrongdoing that might not rise to the criminal level. And a special prosecutor of course would take the investigation outside the justice department. Jan crawford for us tonight. Jan, thank you. Today, President Trump promised more warships, planes, weapons durin